Ryan Resigns As Head Of Aircraft Service
John D. Ryan, second assistant secretary of war and director of aircraft service, resigns but remains briefly to aid demobilization. William C. Potter also resigns. no immediate replacement planned as war winds down and air program shifts to peacetime.
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Ryan
John D.’ Ryan
United States Army and Navy
Baker
William C. Potter
Department
John D. Ryan
United States
Red Cross
War Council of the Red Cross
H. P. Davisan
Davison
Washington
Anaconda
Anaconda Mining Company
Sistant
Air Service
America
Potter
Army
War Department
Congress
Galen in Russia Sees Peril and Praises Czech Soldiers
Former Montana attorney general Galen notes peril in Siberia while praising Czecho Slovaks as brave fighters respected by Germans Austrians and Russians. The piece describes his Russia-Siberia assignment with the International Commission on Prisoners of War and local martial law as Montanans work with Red Cross and veterans abroad.
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Montana
Major Galen
International Commission On Prisoners of War
The
Commission On Claims
Galen
Toomey
E. G. Toomey
Albert Galen
Vladivostok
Helena
Emergency Seed Fund Report Shows Balance and Loans
State Treasurer Hart reports the emergency seed and feed fund stood at 218 thousand 250 dollars and 19 cents. Disbursing agent F S P Lindsay notes net loans totaling 311 thousand 429 dollars 17 cents. Differences arise from loan repayments interest receipts and county tax payments.
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Hart
State Council of Defense
F. S. P. Lindsay
Lindsay
Montana Women May Go Abroad for War Service
Montana seeks two young women aged 25 to 30 to join a General Federation unit for overseas furlough houses aiding American troops. Applicants must be recommended by Montana Federation of Women's Clubs, with medicals and forms ready to report to New York by December 1, 1918, for training and sailing in January 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Victory Commission
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
5. L. Houston
Club Women of
Montana
John Mott
Louis Slade
E. L. Houston
Bozeman
General Federation
Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs
United States
Red Cross
Europe
New York
Gamblers Played the Church Game in Sweet Grass
In Montana the Boyce hotel proprietor Jerry Boyce recounts a tale from High River Alberta where a parish talk drew poker players and townsfolk to church. With a plate of $5 bills topping $250, he declares the town “no piker” and bets the jackpot is the parson’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Boyce
Boyce
Sweet Grass
Montana
Canadian Northwest
Great Falls
Jerry
High River
Alberta
Faro
World War Era Headlines Paris To Washington Cable
A compilation of wartime notes from major cities. Reports include Greek casualties in Saloniki, Villa followers burning towns, and farm loan figures from federal land banks. Also notes on diplomacy Chile Peru and Austrian, German, and American actions across Europe and the Americas.
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Saloniki
Jersey City
Phillip Tumulty
Joseph Tumulty
Wilson
el Paso
Villa
Villa Ahtumida
Juarez
Washington
New York
Chile
Peru
Copenhagen
Ludendorff
Germany
Sweden
Paris
Holland
Limburg
Belgium
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
France
United States
Cleveland
American Specialties Manufacturers’ Association
San Francisco
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
California
Nevada
United War Work Campaign
Portland
Marie Equi
Berne
Switzerland
Rosika Schwemmer
Liverpool
Mauretania
London
San Juan
P. R
American War Department
England
Harwich
Ticonderoga
Wealthy Sheeprman Returns After War Service
Major P. S. Dowson back in Miles City after three years in the British ambulance corps where he earned a commission at age 73. He was long a leading rancher in Custer county and a Boer War veteran who spent months trying to win acceptance of his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S. Dowson
Miles City
British Ambulance Corps
Custer County
Miles City Sheepman Near Death From Cold
Arthur Cunningham a prominent sheepman of Miles City was found unconscious near Terry after walking to town in light clothing. He had been visiting his ranch a few miles from Terry and was rescued after exposure nearly claimed his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Cunningham
Miles City
Terry
Are Yankees Fighters In World War I Argonne Battle
Between September 26 and November 6 American divisions drove back fifty German divisions on the Argonne front. The Americans, though outnumbered two to six, held a crucial offensive line.
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Argonne Front
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Russia
Albert J. Galen
Siberia
N. P. Walters
Good Fellowship Club
Martha Washington Comfort Shoes
Mark
F. Mayer ‘Boot & Shoe Company
Milwaukee, Wis
Honorgt
Mercy S
Knight Light & Soda Fountain CO
Keight
Women's Federation
Preacher
Sweet Grassman
Lucia
Irving Whitehouse & Co
Davenport
Spokane
Swift & Company
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